Bootjack and scraper combined



June 9, 1959 M. JOHNSON BOOTJACK AND SCRAPER COMBINED Filed March 8/1957 Fig. 2

United States Patent Oflice 2,889,972 Patented June 9, 1959 BOOTJACK AND SCRAPER COMBINED Merlin Johnson, Alexander, Iowa Application March 8, 1957, Serial No. 644,890 2 Claims. (Cl. 223-114) The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a bootjack and scraper combined therewith.

It is a matter of common knowledge that combining a mud and dirt scraper with a bootjack is old. For one reason or another which cannot be herein satisfactorily pointed out, dual purpose devices in the category under consideration do not appear to have met with widespread adoption and use. In these circumstances it is believed that there still exists a recognized need for a single structural device which is implemented with facilities which when promptly used make it possible to readily remove overshoes and boots and also, where necessary, makes cleaning of the user's muddy or dirty shoes feasible and easy to accomplish. Therefore, it is an object of the instant concept to structurally, functionally and otherwise improve upon inventions in the category under consideration and, in doing so, to provide a suitable adaptation which will promote progress in the art.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and economical construction in which manufacturers will find their manufacturing needs and economies not only taken into account but effectually met and, what is more important, users will find their every day inclement weather needs aptly met.

As will be evident the novelty in the instant presentation is primarily structural and resides in the peculiarities of construction and novel arrangement and featured adaptation of parts all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and then pointed out with particularity in the invention as hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawing wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a View of the improved bootjack and scraper illustrating the construction and use of the same; and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the overall device showing the novel combination of cooperating fealtures.

Referring now to the drawings the significant thing to note is that the invention, primarily construed, is characterized by a frame. The frame, in turn, is formed from a single length of comparatively rigid rod stock and is denoted as an entity by the numeral 4. The rod is bent upon itself and between its ends to provide a pair of coplanar spaced parallel uprights or legs 6 having pointed lower ends 8 whereby the legs serve as stakes and are adapted to be forced and anchored in the ground A along the edge of the sidewalk or front door step B in the manner seen in Fig. l. The intermediate portions of the legs are provided with suitably attached triangular cleats 10 and these function to facilitate anchoring the legs in substantial positions in the ground in an obvious manner. The connecting or bight portion of the frame is approximately at right angles to the longitudinal axes of the legs and this is substantially V-shaped and is denoted by the numeral 12. It is such in plan that the crotch 14 and diverging portions 16 provide an easily accessible and effectual gn'p which is used in a generally well known manner and therefore as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This V-type grip and puller enables one to remove overshoes, boots, galoshes and the like with ease and expediency. The V-puller 12 is joined to the limbs by way of arcuate or curvate bends 18 and these bends serve not only to properly position the puller but also have the additional function of assisting persons in dislodging loose soil and the like from the marginal edges of shoe soles. Then at the juncture of the legs and bends 18 there is provided a cross blade 20 and this serves not only as a reinforcing member for the legs and frame but the upper edge 22 thereof provides a highly satisfactory shoe sole scraper.

It will be clear that the invention herein disclosed will adequately fulfill the purposes for which it is intended. In these circumstances a more lengthy description of the invention is deemed to be unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangement of parts may be resorted to in actual practice without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A device of the class described comprising a U-frame formed from a single length of bendable rod of requisite rigidity which is bent upon itself and between its ends to provide a pair of coplanar relatively long legs and a bight portion lateral to and joining corresponding upper end portions of said legs, said bight portion being disposed at right angles to the longitudinal axes of the legs and being V-shaped in top plan, having its vertex portion directed toward said legs and defining a griptype puller for overshoes, boots and the like, the junctional portions of the rod between the V-shaped bight portion and the upper end portions of the legs being longitudinally curved, said V-puller underlying said curved iunctional portions, the upper end portions of the legs being connected together by a fiat blade member which is interposed between the legs at the juncture of the legs and curved portions, said blade serving to reinforce the over-all frame and the upper edge thereof serving as a shoe scraping blade. l 2. A bootjack comprising a U-frame embodying a pair of elongated linearly straight coplanar legs having lower ends which are free and pointed and adapted to be driven into the ground and thus anchored, a substantially V-shaped bight portion and arcuate leg portions connecting the upper end portions of the legs with the divergent portions of the V-shaped bight portion, the latter providing a grip-type puller for overshoes, boots and the like, the vertex of said puller being directed toward the upper end portions of said legs and underlying the arcuate portions, said puller, as an entity, being in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axes of said legs, and a flat rigid blade member interposed between the legs at the juncture of the legs with the arcuate portions, and the vertex of said V-shaped puller being disposed in close proximity to said blade member, the upper edge of the blade member constituting a shoe scraping blade.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 846,694 Paul Mar. 12, 1907 1,089,600 Streeton Mar. 10, 1914 2,648,864 Wiltse Aug. 18, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 229,645 Germany Feb. 17, 1910 

